On 29 May, the government of Nepal released its annual budget for the fiscal year 2017/18 (that...
Category - Aid and Asia
Does the Beijing Consensus have anything to do with foreign aid?
The last sentence of the Stephen Howes and Robin Davies’ excellent piece ‘Trump and development:...
Tobacco trouble: Asia and the Pacific in the spotlight
Latest analysis of the prevalence and implications of tobacco smoking in 195 countries gives some...
Microfinance and India’s demonetisation: uncomfortable...
If your clients are wealthy and deposit large sums in their accounts, banking can be a lucrative...
Does China need to become democratic to become rich?
There is a certain irony to the fact that the Australian Foreign Minister’s recent speech, in which...
Possibilities for transformation of the Tai health system in...
Myanmar has endured over sixty years of conflict between the state and various non-state armed...
The aid policy network in Pakistan
The aid policy network is a complex web of multiple actors involved in the aid delivery system...
China’s disruptive entrance on the global aid stage
China’s growing global influence has brought competition to development aid, a sector long...
Does aid dependency hinder budget transparency?
Budget transparency is a necessary ingredient of good governance. It can foster effective...
Not the Millennium Villages: Colin and Ria in Eastern Indonesia
When Colin Barlow and Ria Gondowarsito worked together on a report on poverty in Eastern Indonesia...